Message-ID: <v01530502ae003caf4736@[129.128.26.133]> Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 09:07:08 -0600 From: Brenda Belokrinicev <mailto:brenda.belokrinicev@UALBERTA.CA> Subject: Re: UPDATE: Electronic Education/Distance Learning [GHANA] To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
Please send details on this project; I can circulate the information to the University of Alberta community.Many thanks, Brenda Belokrinicev
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At 3:44 PM 6/29/96, crw wrote: >Firstly, our deepest gratitude goes out to many of you on the DEVEL-L List
>for taking the time to give us advice and assistance over these past months.
>
>It has been MUCH appreciated...and is ** STILL ** needed !!
>
>Please send me E-Mail to receive the full detailed report and history (which
>is one full E-Mail message in length) on the launching of this pilot project
>in Ghana.
>
>Would be most happy to share it with you.
>
>Of interest to ACADEME: There is GREAT potential in this project for both
>master's theses and doctoral dissertations...for highly motivated advanced
>graduate students who want to make a contribution.
>
>We hope to build a network, via E-Mail, of persons interested in electronic
>education in Africa, and who can help us brainstorm to improve and tweak
>aspects of the project, from curriculum development to finding/shipping
>donated computer equipment, from locating funding to actually going to Ghana
>on their own, rolling up their sleeves, and lending a hand.
>
>
>Regards,
>
>Cecil
>
mailto:>crw@loop.com >
>
>"...We are talking about an experiment in creating a new kind of educational
>institution that will be able to offer high quality instruction...all
>without building buildings and highways and parking lots..." (Dr. Steve
>Eskow)
>
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> Classrooms WITHOUT Walls: AFRICA Moves Forward
>
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>It has been a long and difficult birth. But we are now OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED,
>with the first programs having already been started, and the first group of
>volunteers having already arrived on site.
>
>We are excited! We want to do what we can to help similar efforts reach
>fruition wherever possible on the African Continent.
>
>The real work has yet to be done!!
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>ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ>D I S T A N C E L E A R N I N G - E L E C T R O N I C E D U C A T I O N
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>We want to explore how Africans and friends of Africa can work together to
>put the Internet to better use for Africa.
>
>"...We are talking about an experiment in creating a new kind of educational
>institution that will be able to offer high quality instruction...all
>without building buildings and highways and parking lots..." (Dr. Eskow)
>
>A wonderful opportunity to help, even without necessarily leaving the
>comfort of one's armchair!
>
>................
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>Please cc: your response to :
>
> Dr. Osei Darkwa: Faculty, University of Illinois, Chicago
> Director of Computer Literacy/Distant Learning [VOLU]
>
> mailto:darkwa@tigger.cc.uic.edu
>and,
>
> Bill Owen, Reston Enterprises Ltd, Techiman, Ghana
> mailto:wowen@reston.aau.org and Owenarl@aol.com (temporary)
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>Lack of funding and insufficient computer equipment remain serious
>obstacles...but these are not insurmountable!
>
>This project is being launched in Ghana as a non-profit endeavor under the
>aegis of a highly-regarded NGO, the Voluntary Workcamps Association of Ghana
>(VOLU), under the directorship of Francis Donkor (General Secretary).
>VOLU's chief architects and consultants for this project are Dr. Osei Darkwa
>and Bill Owen, who are working with a consortium of organizations and
>individuals in Ghana and around the world.
>
>The first volunteers (from the USA, Australia, Germany and elsewhere) have
>recently arrived in Ghana and have begun working with their Ghanaian
>counterparts in launching the Computer Literacy/Distance Learning
>Project.
>
>Thank you!
__________________________________________________________________________ Brenda Belokrinicev Alberta International Information Officer 1-2 University Hall mailto:brenda.belokrinicev@ualberta.ca University of Alberta http://pangaea.abintl.ualberta.ca/ Phone: (403) 492-2745